Fermanagh Orienteers Newsletter
Ferm O Members win British Orienteering Service to Orienteering Award.
The award is for 20 years great service and it is presented jointly to Raymond and Teresa Finlay.
This is a new award and it is well earned by Raymond and Teresa.
Raymond and Teresa receiving their well earned award presented by Bill ( club Secretary ) at the local come and try it Event at Omagh Leisure Centre last Thursday night.
Membership,
It's always a pleasure to welcome returning members, and especially members who have been with the club from our early days, such a member is Alison Tottenham, it's great to have you back on our membership list Alison and hopefully we may see you sometime in the near future.
Club Training,
Poor turnout for training Sunday at Necarne, Raymond planned control and attack points for members, no new dates for training, need more support to make it viable. Leinster Champs coming soon, get your entries in, its only down the road at Rossmore. Dont forget the Irish Champs in Donegal, very local this year. Hope to see you all soon, somewhere. 16/03/09
Club Equipment.
No more excuses of not knowing how to turn on the boxes Folks, the new club SI has arrived, and they are Blue and very easy to use and carry, so the new events will be easier for all members to handle. 16/03/09
Parkanaur, Dungannon.
Hi Folks, went to Parkanaur on Saturday past, should have stayed at home, I was out a long,long time and it was my own bad orienteering that caused it, three Ferm o was there, so not a great turnout for us. results on LVO website.16/03/09.
Somerset Colour 1. Sat 8th.
Gone were the brambles and out came the sun, what a gay day and the orienteering was good. The attendance was also good, but only 6 Ferm O were there. There is a competition at Parkanaur Dungannon this Saturday, LVO Spring Cup, should be good and its not very far, will Ferm o turn out, we shall see. Me, I'll be there in my new O top, should be worth seeing, sorry, I've just stopped typing to listen to Portora Royal school Pipe and Drum band on the tele, they're fantastic, anyway back to Orienteering. There is club training scheduled for Sunday, must find out where it is and toddle along, summer is just around the corner folks and we have a lot of local competitions coming along, I've got some posters ready and I will get them out shortly. Well that about it for now, so cheerio, see you in the forest. 11/03/2009
NI Score, Night Champs and AGM.
Well its over for another year, and its noticeable that not many Ferm O travelled the long distance to the event, perhaps this and the late start and finish put our members off, not wanting to travel home after the late finish, but of course this is always the case I have found with the NI Night event, a more central venue might be the answer.
The results for those that attended were pretty good.
Score event: Simon Reeve, Mens Open: 6th place. Raymond Finlay, Mens Vet: 2nd place. Teresa Finlay, Ladies Vet:1st place.
Night Champs: Simon Reeve, Mens Open: 15th place. Raymond Finlay, Mens Vet: 3rd place. Teresa Finlay, Ladies Vet: 2nd place.
According to our members, the courses were well planned, but the night event came across rough areas of forest for the unwary.
The next event is at Somerset, Coleraine, I have traumatic visions of large brambly areas and rough terrain, but I understand this problem has been overcome, we hope 1/3/09
Club training
Training took place on Sunday morning 10am at FlorenceCourt west end in very decent weather. The format for the training involved the use of pre-marked maps and a system called C.A.R. which stands for Control, Attack and Route.
Your course gave you three route choices and different attack points. The competitor made the decision which route and attack point to use, eventually trying all three, by timing each route you could evaluate the best for yourself eg. direct or using line features. the exercise was very worthwhile and very original.
We held the club meeting afterwards at Gortatole. 16/02/09
Club Training. 
Remember folks there is club training for everyone coming soon, the first is on the 15th February, the training will take place early and there will be a club meeting afterwards.
Night Events. 
The first two night events have taken place, the first at Gortatole on a wet and windy night, the events have been well supported in what is the most inclement weather. The Gortatole event was organized by Raymond and Teresa and although Gortatole is not a very large area the competition was great and fast times were recorded except for the extreme veterans like yours truly, who was determined to finish while at the same time struggling to keep up with the elements.
The Castle Archdale event wasn't quite as wet at first although it did snow hard during the event and later, it was also very cold. the competitors did well and good times were recorded, but I did make a mistake putting out the controls, there was one at a feature which was not even on the map, some competitors found it, but some were at the feature where it should have been, but it wasn't, however being the Controller, Planner, organizer, Judge and Jury I resolved the outcome and everybody got the finishing time they deserved, so good oh! next event at Florencecourt, see you there.
A.G.M. Briefs
The AGM is over for 2009 and the committee elected for another year, there being no offers of anyone wishing to take office the committee was re-elected en-bloc.
Chairman Jim Fallis
Secretary Membership Fixtures Bill Regan
Treasurer Nadine Grant
Coaching Mapping Development Raymond Finlay
Equipment Teresa Finlay
Next Events Local
Coming events for ferm o on the local scene is a series of night events and members should try these because the NI night champs are coming up and a little training will work wonders. Information on the series is on the home page. 19/01/09
FROSTBITE RESULTS
The final event of the frostbite series is over
On the TD4 course Joan Flanagan won in great style and took the winners place from Carrol O Dolan, many thanks to all involved, planners and organisers and of course the Competitors. 19/01/09
Frostbite News
The second event in the
On the TD4 course Carrol O Dolan is still at number one with Teresa in second place. I did not manage to get to the competition, my excuse..getting over the Flu, old age etc.etc. but I am keeping up to the news on the event. Well done to all you hardy orienteers, if I had my way you would all get a prize for your efforts. The next event is on the burren ( watch out for the stray sod ).
The last trip to this event held in the Killarney area was a great success by the club. If anybody is thinking of this event, now is the time for entering and getting somewhere to stay. The Shamrock is one of the friendliest competitions in Ireland and should not be missed. 8/01/09
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The first event in the Frostbite series is gone and Ivan Millar is showing the rest the way home on the TD5 course and Ciara is the first female. The TD4 course is led by Carrol O Dolan with Teresa Finlay the first female in second place.
The second event is this Sunday at Callow Hill( remember the Irish Champs) which is above Derrygonnely, with some great views of Fermanagh. There are prizes to be won so come along and support this event. 8/01/09
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There will be a series of local night events taking
place prior to the NI Night Champs, keep your eyes on the homepage for further
details.
The events will be during the week I think it will be Thursdays around
7pm and the venues are Castle Archdale, Florencecourt and Gortatole.
8/01/09
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